Neil Aldridge / Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) on Pincushion protea (Leucospermum sp) in the Cape Floral Kingdom, Cape Town, South Africa. Endemic.

Neil Aldridge / Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) feeding on a Pincushion protea (Leucospermum sp) in the Cape Floral Kingdom, Cape Town, South Africa. Endemic to the fynbos region of South Africa.

Kevin Schafer / Southern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus) male on Pincushion (Leucospermum sp) protea flower, Kirstenbosch Garden, Cape Town, South Africa

Gerry Ellis / Cape Sugarbird (Promerops cafer) male perching on Protea flowers (Mimetes protea), Kirstenbosch Garden, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Amethyst Sunbird (Amethyst Sunbird) sub-adult male on King Protea (Protea cynaroides) flower, Western Cape, South Africa

Neil Aldridge / Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) on a Pincushion protea (Leucospermum sp) in the Cape Floral Kingdom, Cape Town, South Africa. Endemic to the fynbos region of South Africa.

Kevin Schafer / King Protea (Protea cynaroides), Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Kevin Schafer / Southern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus) male at Pincushion (Leucospermum sp) protea flower, Kirstenbosch Garden, Cape Town, South Africa

Martin Willis / Orange-breasted Sunbird (Nectarinia violacea) male perched on an old Protea (Protea sp) flower, Cape Town, South Africa

Martin Willis / Cape Robin-chat (Cossypha caffra) in the rain on a Protea (Protea sp) shrub, Kirstenbosch Garden, Cape Town, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Broadleaf sugarbush (Protea eximia) infected with bacterial parasite (Phtoplasma sp) causing Witch's broom, a growth deformity. Swartberg Mountains, western Cape, South Africa.

Tui De Roy / Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) male feeding on Protea (Protea sp) flower, Kenya